Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Computer Aided Control System Design

工程研究设备资助：计算机辅助控制系统设计

• 批准号: 8805988
• 负责人: Manfred Morari
• 金额: $ 4万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-06-01 至 1990-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8805988&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Engineering; Research; Equipment; Grant; Computer

A crossdisciplinary effort between the PI and John Doyle's group in electrical engineering has resulted in the development of some outstanding control algorithms and real usable software. Funds provided in this grant are to upgrade the PI's computer facilities to foster further developments in this area by providing him and his students a SUN microcomputer system including a file server and two workstations. The specific projects to benefit from the new equipment will include a) Analysis and synthesis of robust multivariable control systems for nonlinear closed loop systems often operated at the intersection of a set of complex constraints. Systems studied include complex distillation configurations and packed bed reactors. b) On-line optimization via computers with distribute processors. The PI will be able to contribute to the development of the "cosmic cube" (which involves 64 processors connected in the form of a Boolean cube) and is using it to study the optimal compressor operation of gas transmission pipelines. c) Development of a user-friendly expert system for robust control system design. The PI and his co-workers have already developed some software but it requires expertise on the part of the user. Further research will enable practicing engineers to use this software.

PI 和 John Doyle 电气工程团队之间的跨学科努力开发了一些出色的控制算法和真正可用的软件。 这笔赠款提供的资金用于升级 PI 的计算机设施，为他和他的学生提供一个 SUN 微型计算机系统（包括一个文件服务器和两个工作站），以促进该领域的进一步发展。 受益于新设备的具体项目将包括： a) 对非线性闭环系统进行稳健的多变量控制系统的分析和综合，该系统通常在一组复杂约束的交叉点上运行。 研究的系统包括复杂的蒸馏配置和填充床反应器。 b) 通过具有分布式处理器的计算机进行在线优化。 PI 将能够为“宇宙立方体”（涉及以布尔立方体形式连接的 64 个处理器）的开发做出贡献，并利用它来研究天然气输送管道的最佳压缩机运行。 c) 开发用户友好的专家系统，用于稳健的控制系统设计。 PI 和他的同事已经开发了一些软件，但它需要用户的专业知识。 进一步的研究将使执业工程师能够使用该软件。